The news came down midweek that Blue Point Brewing Company, a staple of my formative craft beer drinking days on Long Island, and now widely available in the Capital Region, had been purchased by InBev, the largest brewing company in the country and the bane of every craft beer enthusiast’s existence. I had to […]
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It’s never too early to begin thinking about the festival season. Music fans eagerly sold out Coachella in two and a half hours last week, officially beginning this year’s extensive outdoor music season. Us beer folks have a huge festival season to look forward to as well, with TAP NY rapidly approaching in April […]
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It’s been a while since I’ve written here but I finally have something interesting to say: the Albany Zoning Board of Appeals approved Druthers Brewing Company’s application for a variance to open a brewery with a restaurant at 1053 Broadway in Albany’s warehouse district. In the interest of full disclosure for those who don’t remember […]
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Hi. Yep, I’m back, and sorry about the terrible pun. This has been a great year for me in terms craft beer and the consumption thereof. I’ve had a chance to experience some beers that have blown my socks off (I was introduced to Hill Farmstead, had my first KBS, and tried a bunch of […]
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“Walking into Napa Point Brewing feels a little different than other breweries. No beards. No tattoos. No cartoony labels or graphics featuring impossibly lovable scruffy dogs. It feels grown up, like, say, a winery. And that’s not an accident.” We’re off to a pretty bad start, here, truth be told. This is a […]
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So, I’ve clearly been away for a bit. Apologies for that! I’m glad now to have a chance to catch everyone up on the adventures in beer I’ve been having these past few weeks, from Chicago to Denver. All in good time. First, my trek to Chi-Town, day one. I spent the first weekend […]
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The big news this week is not the imminent release of Druthers Brewing Company’s first sour ale, a Gose made with coriander and a subtle dose of salt. Nor is it the announcement of my very malty Oktoberfest. Rather, international headlines have been dominated by the shutdown of the United States federal government. What does […]
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Maybe it took the chill in the air last night to make it more real. But Labor Day has come and gone. For all intents and purposes, the summer is now behind us. We now enter a period of time rife with reflection and nostalgia, both for things past and things we will luckily […]
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